Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to: Assess benefits of available stroke risk stratification score for patients with atrial fibrillation. To Identify novel potential risk factors to discriminate stroke risk in AF. To recognize alternative statistical measures to evaluate risk scoring systems.

Disclosure Report: Course Director: Dr. C.A. Sivaram is a consultant for and has received honorarium from ATS Medical. Planning Committee Members: Dr. Dwight Reynolds has received grants/research support and been a consultant for Medtronic. Course Contact: Ms. Kelsey Peters has no financial relationships or affiliations to disclose. Speaker: Dr. Tafur is a consultant for Sanofi and receives grants/research support from STAgo Diagnostics.

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